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BALLARAT - A volunteer CFA brigade got bogged while trying to extinguish a stolen car that was set alight. Photo: Kate Healy

BALLARAT - BFL grand final between Bacchus Marsh and Sunbury. Photo: Lachlan Bence. jpg

BALLARAT - Dr Blake filiming in town. Photo: Kate Healy

COLLIE: Protesters stopped workers accessing Griffin Coal mine in Collie for more than an hour on Friday morning in a bid to express their displeasure at changes to worker's conditions. Photo Jeremy Hedley.

HARVEY: Forest Product's Commission's Steve Davis has helped organise 25 tonnes of firewood to keep families in Yarloop warm while they rebuild after January's devestating fires. Photo Jeremy Hedley.

HENTY: Aimee Snowden, Little Brick Pastoral, Tarcutta, with her Lego farmer at the Henty Machinery Field Days. Photo: Rachael Webb.

HENTY: Margaret Shelley, "Tallarook Homestead", Cowra, at the Henty Machinery Field Days. Photo: Rachael Webb

HENTY: Tom Payne, "Hilltop", West Wyalong, and Matho Lees, "Oakvale", West Wyalong, beside a hay rake at the KLine site at the Henty Machinery Field Days. Photo: Rachael Webb.

HENTY:Portia Martin,10, "Kentish Downs", Holbrook; Georgia, 11, and Claudia Sykes, 13, from "Midera", Humula, at the Henty Machinery Field Days. Photo: Rachael Webb

HENTY:Steph Lahm, Dederang; Kirralee Yea, Dederang, and Kate Babidge, Tawonga, at the Henty Machinery Field Days. Photo: Rachael Webb.

HUNTER: Beresfield man Peter Robinson has taken his campaign for a job to the New England Highway at Tarro. Picture: Perry Duffin

HUNTER: Fatal crash ended with car submerged in Wallis Creek at East Maitland. Picture: Perry Duffin

MAITLAND: The storm clouds over the Hunter had a gold and silver lining when Maitland's Paralympic swimming champion arrived home with her swag of medals on Thursday

MANDURAH: Kevin Kestel spent three years of painstaking work building a scale replica of the HMS Endeavour. Photo Nathan Hondros

MANDURAH: Maverick and Phoenix Wilson are Sydney-bound for the annual Hurley BL’s Blast Off over the school holidays. Photo Marta Pascual Juanola

MANDURAH: Several fire crews are at the scene of a major fire at the Cash Converters building on Dower Street. Photo Kate Hedley

MANDURAH: The members of social group The Red Hat Society visited  Peel Zoo. Photo Marta Pascual Juanola 

MARGARET RIVER: Riders from the ProState Active cycling event arrived in Margaret River this week after a 300km rider from Perth. Photo Nicky Lefebvre  

YOUNG: Three generations of the Nuthall's from Dutton Park Pastoral; Greg and Barb patting Bozo, their son (centre) Jeffery with his children Harry, 11, and Poppy, 9, "Dutton Park", Young, pictured with mixed age Merino ewes and lambs at foot. Photo: Rachael Webb

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Dan Berryman and son Charlie. Picture: Les Smith

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